Swinging Safari

~ Staying alive was harder than you think. ~

Overview:

1975: A 200-ton blue whale gets washed up on a local beach and the kids think it’s the biggest thing that’s ever happened in Australia. Behind closed doors, the Mums and Dads of a quiet suburban street are going to celebrate in their own special way, by joining the sexual revolution and throwing a wife-swapping key party. And like the rotting whale, it’s all about to go spectacularly wrong.

Director:

Stephan Elliott

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

australia
beach
whale
1970s
sexual revolution
chain smoking
drinking
swinger
wife swapping

Cast

Guy Pearce

~ as ~

Keith Hall

Kylie Minogue

~ as ~

Kaye Hall

Radha Mitchell

~ as ~

Jo Jones

Julian McMahon

~ as ~

Rick Jones

Asher Keddie

~ as ~

Gale Marsh

Jack Thompson

~ as ~

Mayor

Jacob Elordi

~ as ~

Rooster

Jeremy Sims

~ as ~

Bob Marsh

Atticus Robb

~ as ~

Jeff Marsh

Darcey Wilson

~ as ~

Melly

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Reviews (2)

SF
Simon Foster
Written 7 year(s) ago
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"[A] boozy, floozy Antipodean mash-up of TV staple The Wonder Years and Paul Mazursky’s middle class mores romp Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice..."

Read the full review here: http://screen-space.squarespace.com/reviews/2017/12/13/swinging-safari.html
Gimly
Written 6 year(s) ago
7
Despite not being born until nearly 20 years after Swinging Safari is set, I can still confirm for you that a lot of the movie rang true for my own youth, I recognise a lot of my country in what was put forth here, and felt enriched for it. What I'm not too sure about though is how much Swinging Safari will ingratiate itself with people who aren't Australian, regardless of timeline. I'd be interested to hear the opinion of someone that fits that bill, because as much as I enjoyed it, I'm concerned that the appeal might not cross that barrier.

Also it really really seemed like Swinging Safari incorporated the Paul Jennings' story Greensleeves into its B-plot, but I can't find any credit to it which is unusual...

Final rating:★★★½ - I really liked it. Would strongly recommend you give it your time.